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  GB Update - Meet the new GB members

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i overheard my wife listening to '2023 governing body update #2, presented by kenneth cook jnr.

  a few points i got from it.. new hour requirements.

  quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work.

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  With those low hours NO ONE who is faithful should not be pioneering now that we are soooo close to Armageddon.

  No one, except the GB and Bethel heavies, who are far too busy to go house-to-house of course.
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  GB Update - Meet the new GB members

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i overheard my wife listening to '2023 governing body update #2, presented by kenneth cook jnr.

  a few points i got from it.. new hour requirements.

  quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work.

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  I didn't realise that now there is no one on the GB with children.

  Funny as well how Jehovah seems to love mainly white men who speak English. There is just one token Black American on the body, the rest being white to the sore. For a religion that claims a presence in over 200 lands it is strange there are no Japanese, Asians, Black Africans, Indigenous Americans or Polynesians amongst 'God's special one'.
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  GB Update - Meet the new GB members

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i overheard my wife listening to '2023 governing body update #2, presented by kenneth cook jnr.

  a few points i got from it.. new hour requirements.

  quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work.

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  I overheard my wife listening to '2023 Governing Body Update #2, presented by Kenneth Cook Jnr. A few points I got from it.

  New hour requirements

  Quote "with the new hour requirements for pioneers, many us us can share in the pioneer work." Let's read between the lines on that. Many of us can but some can't; I wonder how many of the GB have signed up? Surely if they had all done so it would have been stated - they love blowing their own trumpets.

  New GB Members Interview

  Many years ago when I was in the 'faithful and discreet slave' class was the remaining ones, men and women, of the heavenly class, who by their Christian works and ministry, imitated Christ's example. All pretty low key.

  Now they are all a set of media stars.

  Cook's introduction; "we'd like to spend a few minutes together, so you can get to know them".

  So, it turns out that they are both 'born ins', life time Bethelites - unlike the outgoing Anthony Morris who had at least seen something of the world and the horrors of wars.

  Winder was baptised in 1986.

  Fleegle didn't mention his baptism date but did state both of his parents were living examples of faith.

  The interview asked a number of standard questions, what motivated you, what departments have you served in, etc?
  
  The questions I would have asked

  So, brothers when did you start partaking of the Lord's Evening Meal and what prompted you to?
  
  Given the millions of Christians who have lived before us, many of whom died as martyrs, why do you think Jesus called you? (Actually, there was next to no mention of Christ Jesus, I think even the GB forget that it was Jesus who made the promise of ruling as Kings not Jehovah.)
  
  Brother Cooke said "you were appointed to serve on the GB". Who exactly does the appointing? Is it Jehovah, in which case did you just walk into a GB meeting day one day and say "I am here, I have been appointed by Jehovah"? Or was it the GB itself who at the time included the now banished Anthony Morris?
  
  
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  Mass Shooting at Kingdom Hall in Hamburg, Germany

  by EdenOne in

  1. social
  2. current

  mass shooting at a kingdom hall in hamburg, germany this evening.

  at least 6 or 7 killed, dozens injured.

  single shooter on the run, police doesn't rule out more shooters.

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  I think this just goes to show there are dangerous idiots everywhere in the world.

  It is horrific that this happens to any group of people. Jews, Muslims, Christians and even teenage girls attending an Ariana Grande concert have been the target of such senseless attacks.

  It maybe that some now choose to stay at home on Zoom rather than attend the KH but even then people are gunned down in shopping malls and on the streets. As with many things in life you have to assess the risk and decide on your strategy.
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  So, let's just summarise here. There have been well over 400 posts against this topic but only one fact.

  The only fact we know is the very short announcement 'Brother Anthony Morris III is no longer serving as a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses.'

  Speculation, not known facts at this point;

  1. He was pushed out. No evidence.
  2. He'd had enough and so just stood down. No evidence.
  3. He's an alcoholic. Yes, he was seen purchasing whisky but why we don't know and to simply imply he is an alcoholic wouldn't stand up in a court of law.
  4. He's ill. No evidence for that. Even if he were to die in the next few months, this in itself wouldn't make this the reason he stood down/was removed.
  5. He's a lose cannon on the GB. No proof of that. No flies on the wall here I guess.
  6. He's an apostate. No facts one way or the other.
  7. There is pressure on him because of some involvement with CSA cases, i.e. in covering them up. No evidence to my knowledge, certainly it doesn't appear he has been named in any specific cases against the Watchtower Society.

  So, we are in the totally in the dark and all we are left with is the brief announcement. Maybe things will be so hushed up by those at the top that we will never find out.

  Many here, myself included, don't have time for the guy but that in itself doesn't make any of speculation above any more factual.
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  "Mankind's Search for God" book

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this book was published around 1990, but was never studied (to my knowledge).

  does anyone know the reason why?.

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  I have just checked jw.org and see that the Mankind's Search for God book is still in their online library.

  It has chapters on many of the world's larger religions and also deals with the Reformation.

  What is interesting is that all of the paragraphs do have 'study' questions, but like most here, I can't recall it ever being studied at the group level.
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  Do Masks really help in preventing respiratory infections? Recent study reviewed

  by Reasonfirst in

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  in the recent coronavirus scare, masks were promoted as one way to minimise possible infection.

  a study, reviewed yesterday by an english medical commentator, dr john campbell, says, no!.

  watch what he has to say on this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3vy2lyqn1a.. the study he reviews can be found at: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.cd006207.pub6/full.

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  I sort of agree and would add that there was no science behind the 2metre/6ft social distancing rule. It has been since found that airborne viruses if sneezed out can travel far further than that.

  Still if I am in supermarket queue and someone behind me has COVID then I would prefer they wore a meal and kept their distance.

  The mask and distancing things were at least signals to be careful during the early stages of this devastating epidemic.
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  also won’t be an elder or able to do microphones 🤣
  

  Makes me smile and brings back memories. When I stepped down as an elder, a year went by and I wasn't assigned any talks on the school, asked to open or close in prayer, nothing. I queried this saying as far as I was concerned I was in 'good stand' - so guess what? They asked me to do the microphones occasionally.

  Good luck to Tony with that; at least I'm a bit more nibble on feet than he looks.
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  eyeslice

  llubrevlis2000
  

  All ex JWs would treat TOMO3 like a proper celebrity if he did another Ray Franz I would donate as would many many people and if he wanted to go a speaking circuit perhaps someone like Kim Silvio could organise and I’m sure we could all donate
  

  this could be huge

  Somehow, I just can't see it.
  
  Anthony M III is no Ray Franz. AMIII has always come across to me as bigoted and narrow minded. The debacle back in the 1970's was due to a number of individuals who dared to do their own research and to begin questioning a number of core beliefs. Essentially, they became Christian liberals, not a description I would use in relation to old Tony.
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  eyeslice

  Everything here is very speculative until more is revealed or known about the situation.

  Personally, I don't buy the stepped down for health reasons or personal reasons as that would totally go against the 'Faithful and Discreet Slave' doctrine they have conjured up. If Christ has selected old Tony, then being closer to death means being closer to the heavenly reward as not just one of the 144,000 but of the specially chosen FDS (may be there are even two classes within the 144,000 lol).

  On the other hand the FDS doctrine can be bent to show the FDS is a 'flexible' arrangement for dispensing 'spiritual food at the correct time' and therefore can be and is a much a body that changes regularly.